Rail anchor



Oct. 7, 1930. A. F. FIFIELD 1,777,840

- RAIL ANCHOR I I Filed Sept. 16, 1929 all/l Patented Oct. 7, 1930 uN1TED*sTA Antler 17. fIFIZELD, or sir. GATHAR-INES, oiv'rAno, oANApAj ASSIGNOR To me TES i PATE OFFICE lmmcm7 omy8z HOE COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND; OHIQHA eoarom 'rxon or OHIO 7 i 7 RAIL ANCHOR 7 Application filed September is, 1929. Serial K012352368;

7 Myin 'ention relates to rail anchors and relates particularly to rail anchors of the general type having a rail base grip-ping element and a reach bar pro3ected ther'eironl transversely andbeneaththe ra1l base to engage the oppos te ra l base edge to lock the anchor onithe rail.

TlllS inventlon has for improvement of that typeof rail anchor making wedging engagement. with, the clamp to cooperatetherewith to lotzkthe anchor on the raiL r 7. An object of lmyinvention isto proyidea highly eliici-ent; form of anchor which maybe advantageously manufactured in at smallcost. a i Another object ofimy invention is to proide a two piece anchor employing a rigid clamp 77a nd resilient clip,

1 fornied'from'sheet lnetal yet being very rigid and substantially fnon-distortable, reliance being substantially entirelyihadon the re- 7 siliency ofthe cl'p as is required during application and use.

.Another object o'f niy invention is to pronother object of my inventionis to provide unimproved two piece rail anchor eoni- 77 a damp mid-E0111, the clip being to be remoted andanother clip of lis a yiew in side elevation of my i nproyed anchor appliedtoa rail base shown in section; I

1 31161 ttache'cl anchorof Fig.1}

a :ge-neralobject the characterized by'its beingconstructed in two b'eingjforined from a single blank to cause it entities the clamp being to. provide such yielding 1 Fig. lis a section taken on the linest4 4 of Fig.; 2 7 i 7 Fig. 5 isa perspective View ofthe substantially rigid clamp employed in the said anchor; 7 '7 r 7 l 7 it i Fig. 6 is a side elevational View of the relatively "resilient clip" employed in connection 7 with the clamp of Fig. 5 to form the complete railanchor of the other figures.

Referring nowtoall of r the figures of drawing in all of which like parts are des-7 ignatedby like referencecharacters, I show generally atl inFigs. '1 to 4 and in Fig. 5 a relatively rigid clainpniade of sheet steel to: take the ftorin illustra-ted in the figures.

At 12, I show the relatiyely resilient clip which is formed frolnasingle length of bar steeh as by successive eutting and it'orgin'g yoperations; The'clip QpB-eterably comprises a reach arm 3 terminating at one end in an lip-turned hook {l and at the other end in loop 5, the loop-being formed by reversely turninga relatively short arm l6 toward the" intermediate portion of the reach arm 73,

forming the otherqarmof the loop."

byfthe converging of the short arnil toward the intermediate porti oniofthe long or reach Tll6- Cl2t1l1p is in the form of a pierced channel havingaf rearwall 77 and sidewalls 8 7 and 9. The upperend' of the clamp" is folded at a substantially acute angle to the'pendant portion extending over an'd beyond the" side walls 8 and 910i? thechannel, whose upper portions are deflected "outwardly and cur'vi-' The loop is normally open and adaptedto "be closed linearly to merge with thetop portion ofthe .ClELlIlP, whiclris inrthe forniwof a pair of spaced lOngltllltllllitll 7BXlGndlllg arches 10 Land 11, interiorlyjoined by-adepressedlon- 7gitudinallyextending trough portion 12. 7 Thus, there isfgiyen to theupper the clamp a: substantially M-fOI'llllD. trans verse sections with an outward 'an'd rearward bulging of the curvilinearly. formed portions 7 13, jqiningthe eendant channel with the upper parto'f the clamp, the rea r 'wallof the clamp comprising the rear channel "wall j7 and the rear end 14 of the jJ'oiningpartlB is propart of vided with a preferably rectangular aperture 15 extending downwardly from the wall 12 of the said intermediate trough portion of the clamp to substantially below the middle of the rear channel wall 7.

Somewhat above the level of the lower edge of the aperture 15 tongues 16 and 17 are projected inwardly from the material of the side channel walls 8 and 9 of the channel toward each other, as to form shelf elements.

The lower-most surfaces of the said 'forwardly deflected upper part of the clamp comprises the parts 10, 11 and 12 form spaced. jaw portions 18, 19 and 20 engageable with the upper surface of a rail base flange A onto which the clamp may be driven as illustrated in Fig. 1, the upper edge portions 21 and 22 of the said joining parts of the clamp, which are upwardly and outwardly extending portions of the channel walls 8 and 9, forming a pair. of spaced lower jaw elements engageable with the bottom surfaces of the said rail base flange.

Thus, the blank 1 is adapted to be driven onto a rail base flange, the ancillary spaced jaw elements 20, 19 and 18 engaging the top of the rail base flange while the ancillary spaced jaws 21 and 22 engage the bottom surface of the rail base flange A as best shown in Fig. 4, these opposing sets of jaws defining a tapered jaw opening adapted to rigidly secure the rail base flange between the sets of jaws.

The material of the clamp and the disposition of the material is such that a slight amount of yieldingmay be accomplished as may be necessary to insure a tight flt of the clamp onto the rail base flange.

The clip is adapted to be projected through the aperture 15 and over the shelf elements 16 and 17, which are engaged by the short arm 6 of the clip, the hooked end 4 of which being projected foremost until it is brought into engagement with the under surface of the base of the rail between which and the shelf elements the loop 5 by its long and short arms will make wedging engagement.

Such insertion of the clip through the clamp will preferably be made after the clamp has been driven onto the rail base grips by its opposing sets of flange which it jaws above described.

The clip is now driven home by striking the end 240i the loop with a maul or other implement, compression of the loop 5 result-' ingwhile the hook 4: is advanced to the other side of the rail until it reaches a position where it will snapnpwardly into abutting lateral engagement with the lateral surface of the rail base flange B. v

The rail base now tightly gripped by the opposing jaws of the clamp which embrace the rail base flange 23 and the shoulder lat member,

' clip.

the end of the clip engaging the lateral surface of the flange B.

lVhen in position, the reach arm 3 of the clip forced to take a less bowed form, being straightened somewhat by the upward pressure of the end 26 of the short arm (5 against its underside, the short arm being supported in reach arm supporting position, meanwhile, by the shelf elements 16 and 17 and retained in such position by the engagement of the shoulder 4 with the rail base flange.

The width of the aperture 15 and the spacing between the walls 8 and 9 of the. clamp is just enough greater than the width of the bar forn'ling the clip, that the clip may be readily inserted through the clamp but, and at the same time are adapted for engagement with both sides of the clip to prevent rotational movement tending to displacement of the clip. Y

Either of the outer lateral surfaces of the clamp walls 8 or 9 is adapted for engagement by a rail tie shown at 27' to form an abu ment for the anchor to prevent longitudinal displacei'nent of the rail relative to such tie or other fixed portion of the railroad bed which it abuts.

Having thus described my invention in certain embodiments, I am aware that numerous and extensive departures may be made from the embodiment illustrated and described herein, but without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. In a two piece rail anchor the combination with a clamp and a clip, said clip comprising'a rearmost resiliently compressible wedge shaped portion, widest at its rear end and a forwardly extending resilient reach said reach member terminating at its forward end in an up-turned hook to form a rail flange edge surface abutting ele -ment, said clamp comprising a pair of jaws adapted to be driven onto and to embrace the other rail base flange and having a pendant portion of channel form, the side walls of the channel both'projected inwardly beneath the rail base and the rear wall being apertured, said clip adapted for projection through said aperture with its hooked end forcn'iost and shelf means associated with said channel side walls engageable with the lower surface of the wedge portion of said 2. A two piece rail anchor comprising a generally channel shaped clamp bent inward ly to provide two relatively angularly disposed portions, the side walls bulging outating with said aws to form a set of jaws and engageable with the upper surface of said'railbase flange, the other angularly disposed portion being pendant from the first portion of said jaws and adapted for disposition below a'rail base onto which said other portion by its jaws is driven and a resiliangle with the lateralchannel walls inward-i disposed, the edges of the walls of one of said portions forming an, upper pair of jaws engageable with the upper surface of a .rail base flange and edges of the channel walls forming a continuation of said jaws being inturned to engage the bottom surfaceof the rail base flange and angularly merging with the edges of the other channel shaped portion pendantly disposing relatively thereto and a resilient strip comprising a hook at its forward end and a loop at its rearward end, said loop adapted for lnterloclnng engagement with the clamp and adapted to be deformed by a driving operationefl'e'cting projection of the clip with its hooked end foremost through ,thelclamp, said hook adapted to be a the resilient distortion of the loop, said I clamp comprising a portion resisting distortion of the loop. and effecting a storage of resiliently snapped over the lateral edge of the opposite rail base flange as a result of energy communicated to the loop by driving therein to resiliently maintain the clip and V j i U clamp in gripengagement with the opposite railbase flanges. v v j i 4a A two-piece rail anchor comprising a I j trough shape clamp v ends to form opposmg'rail basefiange envel-' bent intermediate its oping jaws and pierced below the jaws, and a resilientcli'p comprising to be driven into the pierced clamp below the rail base and provided with a tongue 'having a portion adapted,

6. A two-piece rail anchor, comprising a sheet metal trough shaped clamp bent intermediate its ends to form by opposed side edges, opposnig pairs of jaws adapted to fit onto a rail base flange received between them,

said clamp having an apertured rearwall and inwardly projecting tongues extending from the lateral sides of the clamp below the aperture, and a resilient clip comprising a looped portion and a tongue projecting from an arm thereof having an upturned free end adapted to be projected through the clampi'aperture,

and to snap said end over the edgeof the opposite rail base flange when the clip is driven into the clamp and the clamp positioned on a rail base flange, saidloop being maintained under compressive stress intermediate said inwardly projecting tongues and the'bottom of the rail base. i

In testimony whereof I hereuntojaiiix my signature this 30th day of August, 1929. ALBERT FIEIELD.

an upturned free end adapted to be snapped over the edge of the opposite railbase flange when the clip is driveninto the clamp with 7 theclamp inposition on a rail base flange.

5. A two-piece railanchor, comprising a trough shaped clamp bent intermediate its ends to form by opposed side edges, opposing rail base clarnp receivingjaws, saidclamp having an apertured rear wall anda resilient f clip comprisinga looped portion and a tongue projectingfrom an arm thereof having an upturned free end adapted to be projected through theclamp aperture and to snap-said end over the edgevof the opposite rail base flange when the clip isdriven into the clamp and the clamp positioned on a rail base flange.

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